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My buddy is leaving our unit and moving to Camp Pendleton in a few months. I asked him what HE wanted (because nobody ever asks you what your preference is) and he said he wanted a guitar. I told him I couldn’t do that. I joked and said “what about a ukulele?” He jumped at the chance. I mentioned that it might not play. Who knows what the spacing and measurements are. I know you can buy kits but anyone can glue up a kit. That’s not a challenge. So I ordered plans, some 1/8” walnut and have PLENTY of exotic scraps for this type of thing already. The plans are here. I used Corel Draw to make a vector drawing of the projects main parts (body top, bottom, fret ba...